January 9, 2009
The Hazing Process
The Hazing Process Usually, you get hazed when you enter a fraternity. Barack Obama is getting hazed as he leaves the fraternity of the Senate. But Obama wasn’t really in the Senate long enough...
January 8, 2009
Details, Please
Details, Please Barack Obama talked in broad strokes about his plan to save the economy. Not a bad strategy for the President-elect. It got him elected for example. But at some point, we need...
January 7, 2009
The Audacity of Mediocrity
Danny Davis must be kicking himself. He got the first offer to be the next Senator from Illinois, but he didn’t want to be tainted. It’s not clear if he didn’t want to be tainted...
January 6, 2009
The Rules
Ironies abound in Washington this day. As American gets ready to swear in its first African-American President, the Senate refuses to seat an African-American to replace him in the Senate. As the President-elect...
January 6, 2009
The Circus
The Circus Comes to Town The best thing the Republicans have going for them is, well, the Democrats. That thought crossed my mind as I saw Roland Burris get turned away from the Senate doors. ...
January 6, 2009
As it rebuilds, GOP can’t forget lessons Bush taught
This Originally Appeared in The Politico Historians will long fight over George W. Bush’s legacy. The first wave will condemn Bush and his blundering war into Iraq. Revisionists will disagree, pointing to Bush’s efforts to save Africa from itself....